The Houston Texans released their inactives list before their Wild Card Round matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Aaron Wilson is an award-winning Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and www.click2houston.com. He has covered the NFL since 1997, including previous stints for The Houston Chronicle and The Baltimore Sun. This marks his 10th year covering the Texans after previously covering a Super Bowl winning team in Baltimore.

Similar to our last game, we have to stay the course," Head Coach DeMeco Ryans said this week. "Remain persistent throughout the game and find a way to win in those critical moments.”

HOUSTON – Texans Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon didn’t practice Thursday at the start of the AFC South champions’ final practice of the week before an AFC divisional round playoff road game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

Texans are on the precipice of something never before done in franchise history: win a Divisional Round matchup. All that stands in their way is back-to-back Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs.

Texans get back several key players at practice Wednesday, including team captain and starting linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair

Texans veteran defensive tackle Foley Fatukasi makes the run defense a strong part of AFC South champions' defense.

Texans offensive guards Juice Scruggs and Shaq Mason practiced for the second day in a row. Scruggs is listed with an ankle injury. Mason has returned from a Grade 2 sprained medial collateral ligament suffered last month against the Chiefs. Scruggs ran with the first-team offense Wednesday.

HOUSTON — When DeMeco Ryans became coach of the Houston Texans before last season, the two-time Pro Bowl linebacker brought his swarm defense with him. It's a mindset the Texans have embraced as ...

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This year, that includes the Kansas City Chiefs, who'll be hosting the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday with a trip to the AFC Championship on the line.  These clubs are quite familiar with one another as you only have to go back to Week 16 when they last squared off.